http://www.racintoday.com Go With The Pros Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:33:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32904 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32904#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:42:23 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32904
RacinToday.com The Andretti name has always been well-known around the Milwaukee area. It will become even better known after Friday’s announcement that IndyCar racing will return to the historick Milwaukee Mile. Andretti Sports Marketing Wisconsin, led by IndyCar team owner Michael Andretti, will promote the Milwaukee IndyFest at the Milwaukee Mile, June 15 and 16. The Father’s [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32904/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32842 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32842#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:31:30 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32842
RacinToday.com Sporting and technical regulations that comprise the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook were distributed electronically to teams by INDYCAR on Tuesday. INDYCAR President of Competition and IZOD IndyCar Series Race Director Beaux Barfield said the goal was to re-format the 2012 rulebook for ease of use in conjunction with the debut of the Dallara DW12 chassis [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32842/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32742 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32742#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:42:06 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32742
Formula 1 veteran Rubens Barrichello drove an Indycar on Monday and said afterward that he is unsure if the drive would lead him to a job in 2012 with the Indianapolis-based series. “We’ll see,” said Barrichello, who drove a second car prepared by KV Racing Technology at Sebring International Raceway in Florida when asked if fans [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32742/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32571 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32571#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:47:01 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32571
RacinToday.com Team Barracuda – BHA driver Alex Tagliani took to the road course of Homestead Miami-Speedway on Monday and Tuesday for the second in a series of engine tests for the new, Lotus-powered Dallara DW12. The Lotus test team, comprised of crew members from Bryan Herta Autosport, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and HVM Racing, completed two successful [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32571/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32518 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32518#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:49:53 +0000 Jonathan Ingram http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32518
CONCORD, N. C. – Danica Patrick announced Monday that she will not drive in this year’s Indianapolis 500. Instead, she will race in the Coca-Cola 600 Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Memorial Day weekend. Patrick made the announcement during the first day of the annual Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour in North Carolina. “I hope [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32518/feed 2 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32439 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32439#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:45:54 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32439
RacinToday.com Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced Tuesday that Spanish driver Oriol Servia will join the team full-time for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Servia will be joining the Indianapolis-based squad for the first time. The Spanish driver is coming off of a 2011 season in which he qualified third for the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500, [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32439/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32358 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32358#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:07:24 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32358
Andretti Autosport announced Wednesday that it has signed Canadian driver James Hinchcliffe to a multi-year IZOD IndyCar Series deal. Hinchcliffe will drive the Andretti  GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for 2012. In his first year in the IZOD IndyCar Series, Hinchcliffe took three top-five and seven top-10 finishes to earn the series’ Rookie of the Year title despite missing [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32358/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32319 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32319#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:18:37 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32319
RacinToday.com Bryan Herta Autosport has announced that Alex Tagliani will drive the team’s entry in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series. In 2011, the veteran Canadian driver earned back-to-back pole positions; first during the 95th running of the historic Indy 500 and then at Texas Motor Speedway. Last week, the team announced a joint venture with Bowen & Bowers [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32319/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32239 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32239#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:20:33 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32239
Want to waste a good 15 minutes some day? Try telling a stick-and-ball loser that racing is as big of a team sport as is basketball or football. More of a team sport than baseball. Then get ready for some really comical indignation. Fact is, of course, team work is more important to success in racing [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32239/feed 2 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32243 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32243#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:11:17 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32243
RacinToday.com The INDYCAR Series named Beaux Barfield as its new race director and president of competition on Wednesday. Barfield was introduced at a press conference at Indianapolis Motor speedway. He comes into a series that had numerous complaints about race officiating and rules during the 2011 season. “I certainly come in here and think I can make a difference,” [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32243/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:12:37 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32210
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com It wasn’t so much that Tony Stewart won the 2011 Sprint Cup championship which made his season so remarkable. It was how he did it – with a walk-off victory over second-place Carl Edwards in the final race of the year. Dramatic much? For both what and how he won his third [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32207 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32207#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:28:20 +0000 John Sturbin http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32207
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Completely sober when the ball in New York City’s Times Square dropped – and failed to land anywhere close to Lady Gaga – I admit to immediately clicking over to ESPN to watch extreme sports dudes Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee ring-in 2012 via record-setting ramp-to-ramp jumps on a motorcycle [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32207/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32204 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32204#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:35:06 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32204
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Some thoughts on a couple of off-season burgers that may have fallen through the grate: – The SPEED television network’s series of pieces on the drivers who will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January has been very good. They have been of the type of quality that [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32204/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32150 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32150#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:34:14 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32150
RacinToday.com A first-ever event in China and two venues that return after multi-year absences highlight the IZOD IndyCar Series schedule for 2012 announced Thursday. The 2012 season, which will feature the return of engine manufacturer competition and a new universal chassis produced by Dallara Automobili, kicks off Sunday, March 25, with the eighth Honda Grand Prix of [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32150/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32136 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32136#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:03:00 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32136
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The timing of Tuesday’ media teleconference with Dario Franchitti and Chip Ganassi offered the first reminder that 2011 was anything but a business-as-usual racing season for the IndyCar Series: It was a presser with the championship winners and was held two months after the season ended. Then there was the tone [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32136/feed 0